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Mesh quality visualization
- Any problematic face/cell inside the mesh can be visualized in ParaView.
- checkMesh utility automatically generate face/cell sets which can be visualized.
- By increasing maxNonOrtho to
and maxInternalSkewness to 
in snappyHexMeshDict, a mesh with some quality fails can be generated. - In ParaView sets can be visualized:
– run paraFoam, load the mesh, check Include Sets and choose a set
– windows ParaView reader cannot load sets, therefore first convert sets to zones:
# setsToZones -noFlipMap -time 3
run ParaView, check Read zones, enable Multi-block Inspector (View -> Multi-block Inspector) and in Multi-block Inspector choose a set
- Additionally, advanced tools for mesh analysis can be enabled in SnappyHexMeshDict:
// Advanced // Debug flags // debugFlags // ( // mesh // write intermediate meshes // intersections // write current mesh intersections as .obj files // featureSeeds // write information about explicit feature edge // // refinement // attraction // write attraction as .obj files // layerInfo // write information about layers // ); // Write flags // writeFlags // ( // scalarLevels // write volScalarField with cellLevel for postprocessing // layerSets // write cellSets, faceSets of faces in layer // layerFields // write volScalarField for layer coverage // );
- Any block and its flag can be uncommented. I enables additional outputs of snappyHexMesh utility.
- Give it a try – uncomment writeFlags block and visualize the fields, e.g., boundary layer thickness (see Figure
![[*]](https://www.cfdsupport.com/img/crossref.png "Node132 11")
).
Figure: Boundary layer thickness visualization.
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